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enjoy your time there.We decided this morning to leave for Santiago tomorrow morning. Maybe we'll spend the night in Bayonne on Monday, Tuesday we are in Belorado.The day after we will visit the memory tree off Denise and then Santiago where we start on Friday with our volunteering work.So we are in no rush we have all the time in the world.
enjoy your time there.
I was very pleased to meet the persons who were before you the last few weeks
Thank you Sabine ,Safe trip Peter!
Good you both will take your time getting there. No need rushing it.
And with the comfort and privacy of driving your own car instead of being packed as a sardine on a plane.
All the best and looking forward to your updates ( when possible).
Thank you ,enjoy your time there.
I was very pleased to meet the persons who were before you the last few weeks
We are in Santiago on Wednesday, we are now in SJPDP and today we are going to Belorado.Glad to read that you have now arrived in Santiago. Hope that your time there goes well.
Stay safe and Carpe diem.
Whoops, thanks for your correction! Have a good drive across.We are in Santiago on Wednesday, we are now in SJPDP and today we are going to Belorado.
We are in Santiago on Wednesday, we are now in SJPDP and today we are going to Belorado.
The plan is to visit Zabaldika on the way back. I will let you know.Will you stop by Zabaldika to say hello? I am sure they would love to see you and Marianne. Go well...
I read your option too late, sorry. We plan for next year to walk together, namely the Arles and the Aragones and then we can possibly look at the end how to go back to Irun and then walk the Vasco.A leisurely three hours drive now. You will most likely follow the Francès but if you fancy there is the alternative to drive via Vitoria/Gasteiz and Miranda de Ebro.Hehe I just want to promote the gorgeous landscape of the Vasco Interior!
Safe travels!
Thank you, we will.Peter,
Have a splendid time volunteering.
Enjoy.
Tall and blond. And looking healthy! Our Dutch neighbours
Tall and tan and handsome , the boys from Ipanema go walking …Tall and blond. And looking healthy! Our Dutch neighbours...
Tall and tan and handsome , the boys from Ipanema go walking …
ijs en weder dienendeSo nice to know there is something like "De huiskamer der lage landen". I am definitely gonna bring you a visit when I arrive in SdC. That most be somewhere around early July (IJs en weder dienende, LOL). First I have to walk "Le Chemin du Puy", then part of "El Camino del Norte" and finishing with El Primitivo. Starting the second of May in Le Puy-en-Velay, I guess the whole distance will take me approximately 8 to 10 weeks.
Tot dan!
Ha ha!Zoveel te doen Ik heb nog zoveel te doen Ik moet nog hinkstapspringen op de maan Zoveel te doen Ik heb nog zoveel te doen Ik moet hier ooit nog eens vandaan
Pontevedra < 100 kms , does not qualify for a Compostela .So that looks like the pilgrim welcome centre in Santiago. I never saw any Dutch people there, only in Roncesvalles. I'm walking the last 2 days of the Portugués from Pontevedra next week, so I'll try and find you.
I know... I already have a compostela, I live in Vilachá near Portomarin now. I might not even collect stamps on this trip (yes I willPontevedra < 100 kms , does not qualify for a Compostela .
if you walk into thePilgrims Office , just before the big screen above the door and the entrance to the office, turn to the left and you’ll see stairs in front of you, leading to the first floor. Climb up the stairs and you will find the Dutch Huiskamer there.
when I worked in the Pilgrims Office 3 weeks ago , I only saw a few Dutch but definitively there will come a lot in the summerholidays.
We are located at the first floor above the Pilgrims Office , everybody is most welcome.I know... I already have a compostela, I live in Vilachá near Portomarin now. I might not even collect stamps on this trip (yes I will). I'll come and visit the Huiskamer when I get there in maybe 10 days.
Yesterday was our first day in the Huiskamer and we had 7 pilgrims who visit us. It was a very successful day except , I had brought some things to our apartment and when I came back 2 so called Pilgrims were yelling at one of the Sisters who is also a volunteer here , she was told that she discriminated Pilgrims . The point was that one got a form and the other had to do it with her phone. I then made it very clear to them that the Sister had nothing to do with it at all, but they where a other opinion. Told them if they had any problems go to security and not yell at one of the Sisters. There are 3 people at the entrance who arrange everything and they also help if you can't figure it out yourself and if someone has problems, these are the people you have to talk to. We can't make it simpler.🕊
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Don’t give them coffee and one Dutch cookieHope they calmed down?
What a waste of energy from those two.
Afterall, getting your Compostela should be a joyous affair.
I can only imagine that the Sister was grateful you stepped up.
Pity that giving someone a light slap is not pc anymore ( only halfjoking btw ). Well done Peter and I hope that from now on you will only meet gentle people.
And certainly no drop!Don’t give them coffee and one Dutch cookie
I was , but in situations like this when they keep yelling to the Sister for something she has absolutely nothing to do with . It was only because she was standing there and maybe they thought an easy target. Nothing further happened and the Sister was very happy with my help.Peter, stay sane! Well done...
BrilliantDon’t give them coffee and one Dutch cookie
We left the drop at home.And certainly no drop!
You did?!?We left the drop at home.
Arrived,
After checking in rain .
Made a reservation to see the Portico of Glory tomorrow at 17.00hr. for free.
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One of the women pulled the other away at one point and then they walked out of the building. These women actually deserved more than my raising voice. In any case , the Sister was happy that I stood up for her . And the police was also called this morning because 2 Pilgrims did not want to put on a mask. After a good conversation, they put on their masks. How hard can it be. But for the rest it goes well. The grandparents with their 4 grandsons ranging in age from 12 to 16 years jumped out today. They had started in Astorga.Hope they calmed down?
What a waste of energy from those two.
Afterall, getting your Compostela should be a joyous affair.
I can only imagine that the Sister was grateful you stepped up.
Pity that giving someone a light slap is not pc anymore ( only halfjoking btw ). Well done Peter and I hope that from now on you will only meet gentle people.
They will surviveYou did?!?
Those poor deprived homesick pilgrims.
Glad you did. I do not like drop yagggWe left the drop at home.
Wow ! 3000 kms on bike .Today was a quiet day as far as visiting Pilgrims are concerned. When we left at 5.15 pm the counter of the Pilgrims Office was at 860 . The Pilgrim who stood out for us today was a lady from the Netherlands who cycled just over 3000 km. and she cycled back to the Netherlands via Finisterre, Muxia and the North route. And there were no incidents today, which was also nice.
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That would be tragic.luckily no one threw the cookie jar
Take care for hugging ! Although hardly nobody talks about covid anymore due to other ”priorities “ unfortunately , it is still everywhere. Keep distance.Yesterday we received 22 Pilgrims, 13 from Flanders, who all but 2 started in Porto. The last Pilgrim of the day also came from Flanders, but he was very Spiritual, who immediately clicked with Marianne who is also a Reiki Therapist and Reiki Master. It was a nice conversation between the two and as a goodbye they hugged. Was a beautiful but busy day. Today we had 6 pilgrims throughout the day 2 from SJPDP and 4 from Porto.
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Marianne knows that , I should have worded it differently . It was more symbolic with a mask.Take care for hugging ! Although hardly nobody talks about covid anymore due to other ”priorities “ unfortunately , it is still everywhere. Keep distance.
where we start on Friday with our volunteering work.
Made a reservation to see the Portico of Glory tomorrow at 17.00hr. for free.
For the Pórtico de la gloria you have to make a reservation on the Cathedral website or as we did at the Cathedral museum entrance.I am wondering, Peter, whether you got your free tickets to the Pórtico de la Gloria at the pilgrims office or through the cathedral website. The pilgrims office used to hand out free tickets to the first pilgrims arriving each morning, but people in the cathedral told me that most of them went unused.
The free visit is only for the Porta , you have 15 minutes and no pictures.And one more question, does the free visit include a visit to the Palacio de Gelmírez?
Dank je wel,Bedankt voor de updates en de onderhoudende berichtgeving
Wellicht komen we elkaar nog ergens tegen in de Lage Landen.
Met vriendelijke groet
Albertinho
Ouddorp
The visit will be very emotional as it was in 2018 when I brought all the shells left by Pilgrims in Pilgrim House to the memory tree.remembering Denise Thiem.
Dank je wel,
Het is een kleine wereld dus wie weet.
Met vriendelijke groet,
Peter.
Hope you did not change your wintertyres before you went to Spain Peter.Today was our last day in Spain for this year.
It was another beautiful journey with beautiful stories and encounters. We concluded our stay with a special meeting with the Sisters in Zabaldika. It's a very special place to be. We thank everyone who has followed us during these beautiful weeks.
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Today was our last day in Spain for this year.
It was another beautiful journey with beautiful stories and encounters. We concluded our stay with a special meeting with the Sisters in Zabaldika. It's a very special place to be. We thank everyone who has followed us during these beautiful weeks.
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Have all weather tyres.Hope you did not change your wintertyres before you went to Spain Peter.
Here it is so hot that “ the sparrows fall off the roof” as is a Dutch saying.
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